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Empowerment of Palestine refugee women UNRWA Gender Statistics

Outline • About UNRWA • UNRWA Commitment towards Gender Equality • Selected UNRWA Gender Statistics. • Measurement of Palestine Refugee Women Autonomy in UNRWA Programmes. • Measurement of Palestine Refugee Women Autonomy in UNRWA Surveys. • Measurement of Palestine Refugee Women Autonomy in UNRWA Projects. • Micro finance Programme poverty assessment surveys in Gaza • Limitations of Measurement Palestine Refugee Women Autonomy In UNRWA Programms and Surveys.

About UNRWA

UNRWA is Unique in its long standing commitment to one group of refugees, and its contributions to the welfare and human development for four generations of Palestine refugees. Name : The United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East. • Establishment Date : 8 ‐ December ‐ 1949. • Field Operation Date: 1 ‐ May ‐ 1950. • UNRWA’s Beneficiaries : Palestine registered refugees • Number of Registered Refugees in 2011 : 5,115,755 Million. • Operation Fields :Jordan, Lebanon, The Syrian Arab Republic, Gaza Strip, The West bank including East Jerusalem. • UNRWA Programmes: Education, Health, Relief and Social Services, Microfinance, Infrastructure and Camp Improvement. and emergency. • Services Coverage : The refugees inside and outside camps. • Number of Camps : 58 camps :10 official camps in Jordan, 9 official camps in Syria, 12 in Lebanon, 19 in the West Bank and 8 camps in Gaza. • UNRWA Services: UNRWA’s work exemplifies an international commitment to the human development of Palestine refugees, helping them: • acquire knowledge and skills •lead long and healthy lives •achieve decent standards of living •enjoy human rights to the fullest possible extent

UNRWA commitment toward Gender Equality •In 2007, UNRWA adopted its policy on Gender Equality, The policy emphasises UNRWA’s commitment to gender equality as a strategy to advance development, peace and security for Palestine refugees. •UNRWA Medium Term Strategy (MTS), 2010 ‐ 2015 highlights the major commitments of UNRWA through its Gender Policy. These are � Put into practice the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) agreed conclusions on gender mainstreaming. � Use targeted interventions where gender gaps are identified to achieve empowerment, access and participation. � Achieve gender balance in terms of employment and � Give a strong leadership to ensure a gender perspective

Selected Gender Statistics Indicator 2010 Statistics % of females out of Palestine refugees 49% % of female students in UNRWA Schools 49.7% Girls Drop out rate in UNRWA schools (Elementary) 0.34% Boys Drop out rate in UNRWA schools ( Elementary) 0.65% Girls Drop out rate in UNRWA schools ( Preparatory) 1.8% Boys Drop out rate in UNRWA schools ( Preparatory) 3.03% % of pregnant women who received antenatal care 69% % of pregnant women who received postnatal care 92.6% % of pregnant women protected against tetanus 99.9% Maternal mortality ratio 23/100000 births Mean marital age 20.2

Selected Gender Statistics II Indicator 2010 ‐ Statistics % of female area staff in UNRWA 49% % of female area staff at senior positions (G16 ‐ G20) in UNRWA 21.7% % of employed Palestine refugee women 13% Lebanon 22.4% West Bank Abject Absolute Poverty level among refugee by household head's gender in Male 6.3 67.4 Lebanon % ( 15 % of refugee households are headed by women ) Female 8.5 61.7 Abject Absolute Poverty level among refugee by household head's gender in West Male 2.7 24.5 Bank % ( 6% of refugee households are headed by women) Female 0.6 12.2 Abject Absolute Poverty level among refugee by household head's gender in Gaza Male 5.1 38.8 % ( 5.2% of refugee households are headed by women) Female 6.1 36.6 # of Women received skills training in the Women Programme 6259 Centers (WPCs)

Refugee Women Autonomy in UNRWA I- Programmes Programme Dimension of Indicator Statistics ‐ 2010 Empowerment Percentage of female % 49.2 Elementary level students in UNRWA % 50.6 preparatory level Education attainment ‐ schools Job opportunity Education 42.1% Percentage of female trainees in UNRWA VTCs Percentage of females in 96% Jordan UNRWA Educational 66% West Bank Science faculties Percentage of birth 99.9% attended by skilled health staff Health Health well ‐ being Maternal mortality rate 23/100000 births Adolescent fertility rate ( 40.0 /1000 women women age,15 ‐ 19)

Refugee Women Autonomy in UNRWA II- Programmes Programme Dimension of Indicator Statistics ‐ 2010 Empowerment Relief Economic # of widows women 27,496 receive food and cash 9% of all assistances beneficiaries Social Services ‐ Micro Economic % of women who had 73.4% credit support sub ‐ loans Programme 6990 Social Services ‐ Legal Legal support # of women received services Legal support Social services ‐ Human Empowerment with # of participants in the 10393 right awareness understand and claim human rights women rights awareness sessions Social Services ‐ General Knowledge with # of participants in the 34431 awareness sessions social, cultural, general awareness health and other sessions matters with the community

Refugee Women Autonomy in UNRWA III- Programmes Programme Dimension of Indicator ‐ 2010 Statistics ‐ 2010 Empowerment Micro finance programme Economic % of women who had 35 % loans 41% in West Bank Job Creation Programme Job placement % of females benefit from JCP 34% in Gaza Placement &Career Economic ‐ Job % of employed VTCs 34% Guidance programme (PCG) placement graduate female by PCG

Microfinance Programmes Poverty Level Assessment - Gaza Field • Two assessment poverty surveys were carried out in Gaza. The first one was finished during 2010, and the second one was done end of 2011 for the same sampled clients. • A stratified samples by branch, gender, youth ,and loan product were designed. • The sample for 2010 was 602 clients out of which 220 were female active clients. • The sample for 2011 was 690 clients out of which 210 clients were female active clients. • The poverty score card was developed to identify the poverty level for the clients. • The poverty score card includes 10 questions about owning durable goods, family size and employees number in the family. • The results showed that there is an increase of absolute and abject poverty levels for males and females as following : 2010 2011 Client National Extreme National Extreme line line line line Male 30.33% 12.41% 34.38% 14.08% Female 28.64% 11.55% 32.48% 12.90%

Measurement of Refugee women Autonomy in UNRWA II- Surveys Dimension Household Indicators of Empowerment Contribution to family Women Individual income Economic support with paid Women control the microcredit and employment and contribution to household economy microcredit participation. empowerment Socio cultural Women freedom of Women can go alone to many places movement without restrictions. Lack of discrimination The importance degree of education in against daughter the family , drop out rates and educational level. Commitment to educating daughters Participation of domestic Women’s role in household decision decisions making: control over or participate Familial/ with important household matters. ability to make child Interpersonal bearing decision. No incidence of domestic violence against women. Freedom from domestic violence

Measurement of Refugee women Autonomy in UNRWA III- Projects- I Project Name Field Dimension of Indicator Statistics Empowerment Empowering Women West Bank Economic Socio –economic 1 ‐ 10 women have through enterprises: of participating 10 generating reducing vulnerability women income sustaining by increasing women improved projects social and economic 2 ‐ 30 entrepreneur participation women received vocational training skills # of women 300 refugee worked in the women work in the Sulafa Embroidery Gaza Economic ‐ Job project project. Project creation % of skill training 31% women are graduated are employed after Skill training through Lebanon Job opportunity employed after graduation during Women Programme training 2010/2011 Centers completion

Measurement of Refugee women Autonomy in UNRWA III- Projects-II Project Name Field Dimension of Indicator Statistics Empowerment Irbid Project: Jordan Job opportunity # of graduates get a job or 24.4% of graduates Vocational training running own business (245), obtained job. acquire skills. Protection of Legal ‐ Job % of Women at risk are 30% of graduates (240), women at risk opportunity identified, protected and reported that they are Syria through livelihood empowered through having more comfortable support different livelihood relation with their male interventions peers and family members. 50 Women are proposed livelihood opportunities

Limitations of Measurement refugee women autonomy 1.UNRWA programmes UNRWA programmes are facing difficulties in measuring women beneficiaries empowerment. 2.UNRWA surveys Absence , inaccurate or under reporting of respondents especially about questions related to socio cultural and familial /interpersonal issues.